Ehleringer, "Remote monitoring of tamarisk defoliation and evapotranspiration following
saltcedar leaf beetle attack," Remote Sensing of Environment, vol.
Riparian vegetation in this area often is dominated by
saltcedar, an exotic invasive species.
Impact, biology and ecology of
saltcedar (Tamarix sp.) in southwestern United States.
Saltcedar (Tamarix ramosissima) invasion alters organic matter dynamics in a desert stream.
The bushy
saltcedar, a deciduous tree brought to the United States for erosion control in the 1800s, is crowding out native willow and cottonwoods on more than a million acres along western waterways.
While cheat grass (Bromus tectorum) may change fire return intervals in the Great Basin of western North America (D'Antonio and Vitousek 1992) and
saltcedar (Tamarisk spp.) may disrupt water regimes in the desert southwest (Shafroth et al.
lobata Leafy spurge Euphorbia esula Invasive and noxious Mile-a-minute weed Polygonum perfoliatum Invasive Multiflora rose Rosa multiflora Invasive Musk thistle, Carduus nutans Invasive and nodding thistle noxious Purple loosestrife Lythrum salicaria Noxious Quackgrass Agropyron repens Noxious Russian knapweed Acroptilon repens Invasive Russian olive Elaeagnus angustifolia Invasive
Saltcedar Tamarix spp.
Water shortages in the Rio Grande have been significantly impacted by the invasion and spread of the invasive shrub
saltcedar (Tamarix chinensis Lour.).
For example, thirsty invasive brush such as
saltcedar can threaten vital water supplies.
Department of the Interior to study the effect of
saltcedar, an invasive and prolific shrub that extracts large amounts of soil water while leaving behind soil-damaging salts, on western U.S.
At the U.S.-Canadian border, the Canadians want to stop the northward migration of the
saltcedar tree, a common invasive tree in the western United States.
One fast-growing nonnative tree called
saltcedar, for example, has caused severe erosion and increased flooding along the river.
The rapid response teams will be modeled after one based at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada and Arizona, where it has attacked tamarisk, also known as
saltcedar, a shrub that has taken over many rare spring habitats and river and stream banks in the desert.
Habitat relationships of
saltcedar (Tamarix ramosissima) in central Utah.
(Studies have shown that
saltcedar consistently attracts significantly fewer birds than native stands of cottonwood, willow and mesquite, so even its value as wildlife habitat is questionable.)
